A. Conan Doyle (1859

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• A. Conan Doyle (18591930)

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• With the words "Elementary, my dear Watson
  ...", the most famous detective of all time,
  Sherlock Holmes, starts to explain a crime to his
  friend, Dr. Watson. That phrase has now entered
  the English language.

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• Sherlock Holmes first appeared in a book called
  'Study in Scarlet'. He became famous in 'The
  Adventures of Sherlock Holmes', first published
  in the 'Strand Magazine'. After that came a whole
  series of books about him 'The Memoirs of
  Sherlock Holmes, 'The Return of Sherlock Holmes',
  'The Hound of the Baskervilles', and many others.
  Many thousands of the Sherlock Holmes books are
  still sold every year.

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• Who invented Sherlock Holmes? Arthur Conan Doyle
  was his inventor. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in
  Scotland, of Irish parents. He was a doctor. In
  1882 he moved from Scotland to England, to
  Southsea near Portsmouth, to set up a practice.
  One of the doctors he worked for, Dr. Joseph
  Bell, was the model for Sherlock Holmes's friend,
  Dr. Watson. Conan Doyle's medical knowledge was a
  great help to him in his detective stories.

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• Conan Doyle started the fashion of the detective
  story. Today the fashion goes on with Simenon's
  Inspector Maigret stories and the stories of
  other writers.
• And what sort of man is Sherlock Holmes? We learn
  a lot about him from the stories in which he
  appears. He has a thin face and intelligent eyes.
  He speaks when he has something to say. He smokes
  a pipe (he has a collection of them). He plays
  the violin. He lives at 221 'B' Baker Street in
  London.

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• If you go to London, you will not be able to find
  221 'B' Baker Street. But instead, you can go to
  a pub called "The Sherlock Holmes" in
  Northumberland Street (near Trafalgar Square). In
  that pub there is a room like Sherlock Holmes's
  room at 221 'B' Baker Street, as described in
  Conan Doyle's stories. There is also the stuffed
  head of a hound. It is said to be the original
  'hound of the Baskervilies'!
• Sherlock Holmes after more than eighty years is
  still the most famous detective in the world.

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• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the novelist, first
  created his famous character, Sherlock Holmes, in
  1885. Six years later, when he wrote another
  group of stories about the detective, Sherlock
  Holmes was a name that everybody knew.

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• When Conan Doyle began to get tired of writing
  detective stories, he decided to 'kill' Holmes.
  He wrote a story in which Holmes meets his great
  enemy, Professor Moriarty, in Switzerland. Holmes
  and Moriarty fight, and fall over a cliff and are
  both killed. The public didn't like it. Conan
  Doyle had to write another story in which Holmes
  comes back.
• Conan Doyle was a famous writer. He became
  popular because of his love for people.

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• Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson go on a camping
  trip, set up their tent, and fall asleep. Some
  hours later, Holmes wakes his faithful friend.
• - Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you
  see.
• Watson replies, - I see millions of stars.
• - What does that tell you?
• Watson ponders for a minute.
• - Astronomically speaking, it tells me that there
  are millions of galaxies and potentially billions
  of planets. Astrologically, it tells me that
  Saturn is in Leo. Timewise, it appears to be
  approximately a quarter past three.
  Theologically, it's evident the Lord is
  all-powerful and we are small and insignificant.
  Meteorologically, it seems we will have a
  beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you?
• Holmes is silent for a moment, then speaks.
• - Watson, you're idiot, someone has stolen our
  tent.

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• Sherlock Holmes and his friend Watson were on a
  camping and hiking trip.
• They had gone to bed and were lying there
  looking up at the sky. Holmes said, "Watson, look
  up. What do you see?"
• "Well, I see thousands of stars."
• "And what does that mean to you?"
• "Well, I guess it means we will have another
  nice day tomorrow. What does it mean to you,
  Holmes?"
• "To me, it means someone has stolen our tent."